Improvement in photograph-albums



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PATENT @Prion CHARLES D. MOSHER, Oli"l CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT INPHOTOGRAPH-ALBUMS.

Specification forming part of. Letters Patent No. 169, 186, datedOctober 26, 1875; application filed September 16, 1875.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES D. MOSHER, of Chicago, Cook county,Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in PhotographicAlbums, of which the following is a full description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l shows a plan viewof an albumleaf, adapted to receive four photographs, and represents twoways of securing the pictures in place. .r a: of Fig. 1, except that thethree pieces of whichthe leaf is made are, for convenience, somewhatseparated from each other.

As photographic albums have been heretofore made the photographs can beeasily removed, and they are frequently removed without authority, tothe great annoyance of the Such albums have also been so made that thephotographs soon become scratched or otherwise defacediby handling thebook, because the pictures are placed behind a thin sheet of paper, andthe surfaces of pictures in opposite leaves are liable to come incontactwith each other.

The chief objects of my invention are to obviate these difficulties,which I accomplish by the means described. While providing for securingthe photographs in place, I also provide, if desired, a receptacle forthe name, autograph, or otherwise, ofthe person represented, and this isan important feature of my improvement. The leaves of my album are eachmade of three pieces, which is not new.

The interior of the middle piece a is cut away to make room for thephotographs. A portion ofthe two other pieces, b c, is also cut awa-y,leaving one or more open spaces for the photographs. Four are shown.These pieces I make of heavy card-board, so that when the pictures arein place they cannot rub one against another, being placed behind thethick board, and are thus materially protected from defacement. Belowthe opening for the card, picture, or photograph is a narrow, longopening, d, its length being equal v to the width of the picture andsomewhat longer than jthe width of the opening behind which the card isto be placed. At one end 0f this long opening d is a blind cut or slitFig. 2 is a vertical section atthrough the part b or c, marked e. Thethree pieces a b c are to be secured together at the edges withoutleaving any openings in the edges for the admission of the cards, whichare to be inserted through the openings d. After the photographs havebeen inserted throughd a narrow strip of card, somewhat wider than theopening d, is to be inserted through the slit e, after which the lip fcan be secured by the use of paste, thus securing the photograph so thatit cannot beremoved readily, as heretofore. The name of the personrepresented can be written upon the narrow strip or card, either beforeor after it has been inserted. It will be well to cut the slit e on abevel. A,

I have shown a second method of making the leaf, so that the picturescan be secured in place. This can be done by cutting a long slit, g, inthe outer piece of card-board, through which the photograph is to beinserted, and,

when in place, the slit is to be permanently.

closed by means of paste. This method does not furnish a place for thepersons name. This slit g'l do not cut so that the edges will be atright angles to the leaf, but so that the edges will be beveled 5 thenone edge of this slit g can be secured to the other edge by means ofpaste, completely and eftectually closing up the slit or opening andsecuring the photograph in its place. If the edges of the slit g werestraight, instead of beveled, they would be likely to draw apart,'andwould not adhere, and, theboard being thick, it would be difcult toinsert the photograph without scratching it. After the openings or cutse or g have been made I run a suitable tool over the same,

so formed as to be adapted to stamp or form an ornamental border overthe slits or cuts; and this can be done in such a manner that the slitsO r cuts will be practically invisible, and the face of the leaf willnot be marred by the slits or cuts.

rlhe tool can be conveniently made by the use of a small wheel, havingan ornamented edge, and revolving in a suitable handle; or, in place ofsuch tool, a stamp can be used.

c and g are cut on a bevel to facilitate the insertion of the cardbearing the name. v

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is asfollows:

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1. An album-leaf having one or more open- 4ings forphotographs, andbeneath such openings along narrow opening, d, and a out or slit, e,near the one end of such opening d, to

receive a piece of card, f, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

2. An album-leaf, composed of `three or more pieces, the outer pieces bc made of thick card-board, provided with one or more openings forphotographs, so that in use the pictures will be materially protectedfrom injury.

3. An album-leaf, composed of two or more pieces, the outer pieces b c,having one `or more openings for photographs,` andbeneath such openingsa long beveled cut or slit, g,

adapted to be closed up by past-e, and practically concealed by means ofan ornamental stamp over the same,`substantial1y as and for the purposesset forth.`

CHARLES D. MOSHER.

Witnesses:

E. A. WEST, L. BOND.

